ameba
/aˈmɛbɐ/
The verdict
“ameba” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #56,505 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,505
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - gênero de protozoários do grupo dos rizópodes ou sarcodíneos
Corpus desk
Index PT-ameba · ameba · Portuguese
ameba · rank #56,505 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,505
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH alínea
Nearest frequency peer: alínea (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “ameba”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- admissibili…
admissibilidade
43,513 corpus weight
- alcaide
alcaide
43,503 corpus weight
- alínea
alínea
43,497 corpus weight
- ameba
ameba
43,496 corpus weight
- anagrama
anagrama
43,490 corpus weight
- andor
andor
43,489 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “ameba” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ameba |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /aˈmɛbɐ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #56,505 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “ameba” em português
Rare enough to double-check
ameba is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #56,505 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /aˈmɛbɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "gênero de protozoários do grupo dos rizópodes ou sarcodíneos".
Zero misspellings are on record for ameba in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is ameba, spelled A-M-E-B-A.
Definition
- 1gênero de protozoários do grupo dos rizópodes ou sarcodíneos
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ameba appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Em 2008, os japoneses foram agraciados com o prêmio de Ciência Cognitiva pela descoberta de que um tipo de ameba que forma camadas gelatinosas - parecidas com limo - também é capaz de resolver labirintos.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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